Posts from ‘March, 2011’

Now in its third year, the online project 30 days of Biking starts tomorrow. The only rule for 30 Days of Biking, April 1–30, 2011, is that you bike every day for 30 days—around the block, 20 miles to work, whatever suits you—then share your adventures online. You can register to part of the movement [...]

Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll [...]

Editor Note: This is our fifth winning entry in our March- May My Ride Writing Contest, Austin mom on two wheels Katie Jo Dixon. We want an autobiographical story about your experience riding a bike in Austin where previously you might have done so by car. Each week, Austin on Two Wheels will select a [...]

Editor note: Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to share this guest post from Kristi Willis, the author of the blog Austin Farm to Table, a celebration of local farms and food artisans, mostly in Central Texas. Kristi writes regularly about fresh locally grown food and is a regular writer for Farm to Table Online [...]

Next Monday, April 4, the League of Bicycling Voters, Austin Cycling Association, UT Orange Bike Project, and Austin’s Yellow Bike Project will be hosting its Austin City Council Candidates Forum on Bicycling. This will be a chance to find out where candidates stand on cycling issues including implementation of the Master Bicycle Plan. Austin City [...]

Last week, I wrote about San Antonio getting its first bikeshare program and shared some really impressive numbers on how bikeshare has effected cycling percentages in a short time in Seville and Barcelona. London, too has a growing bikeshare program, and I discovered this really cool animation of the program on its busiest day to [...]

Earlier today, I mentioned that San Antonio is getting its own bikeshare service starting this weekend. Bikesharing has been embraced in several Spanish cities with impressive results. According to City of Seville reports, cycling as a share of the transportation mix has grown from 0.4% to 7% in just five years. That’s the equivalent of [...]

This weekend, bikesharing will officially come to Texas, but it will be San Antonio who kicks off the kiosk driven, short term rental program. On Saturday, San Antonio will be launching bikeshare in partnership with B-Cycle, a national bikesharing company. Austin’s 2009 Master Bicycle Plan calls for a citywide bikeshare program by 2020, and last [...]

Now that SXSW and Spring Break are behind us and Spring has officially begun, the weekly calendar is chock-full of ways to ride your bike. Austin on Two Wheels‘ Urban Living Rides continue this weekend with our Cupcake Ride on Saturday and Eastside Home Tour on Sunday. Also on Saturday are two great century rides [...]

Editor Note: This is our fourth winning entry in our March- May My Ride Writing Contest, a threepeat winner Minor Baker. Will you break Minor’s streak by writing an awesome account of your ride? We want an autobiographical story about your experience riding a bike in Austin where previously you might have done so by [...]